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Northern Boreal Ground-based Observation of Carbon Dynamics

Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2021-11-20
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Time-series of ground-based column-averaged dry air mole fractions of CO2 (xco2), CH4 (xch4), and CO (xco).
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Time-series of ground-based column-averaged dry air mole fractions of CO2 (xco2), CH4 (xch4), and CO (xco).

The ORNL DAAC recently released the following Climate collection dataset by Jacobs, N., et al. (2021):

Ground-based Observations of XCO2, XCH4, and XCO, Fairbanks, AK, 2016-2019

This dataset provides ground-based column-averaged dry mole fractions (DMFs) of CO2, CO, CH4, and N2O to supplement satellite-based observations of carbon dynamics of northern boreal ecosystems. Measurements were conducted with Bruker EM27/SUN Fourier transform spectrometers (FTS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and two sites on the southern edges of the Tanana Flats wetlands from 2016-08-04 to 2019-10-31. Single detectors were used during the first campaign at UAF in 2017.  Two instruments were updated to dual detectors in early 2018 to allow retrieval of columnar CO and N2O. Data from additional FTS instruments, operated by Los Alamos National Laboratories, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory are included.

Additional data on a similar topic and other relevant links can be found on the ORNL DAAC's Climate Collection page.

Citation: Jacobs, N., W.R. Simpson, F. Hase, T. Blumenstock, Q. Tu, M. Frey, M.K. Dubey, and H.A. Parker. 2021. Ground-based Observations of XCO2, XCH4, and XCO, Fairbanks, AK, 2016-2019. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1831

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